Sugart v. Mays
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ejectment. Deeds. Mortgage. Usury. Pleadings. Equity. Evidence. Custom. Before Judge Knight. Cobb Superior Court. November term, 1874. This case was tried before Judge Underwood. The motion for a new trial was heard by Judge Knight. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
•Plaintiff in ejectment must recover on his own title.
1, 2. Here the only title which he exibited was a deed from the defendant to himself dated in 1867. If that deed did not invest him with title, he was wholly without any, for he had never been in possession of the premises, and, for ought • that appears, had no claim to them, except under the deed in question. At the m'aking of the deed defendant was in possession, and has so remained. The real and only question, therefore, was as to the character and effect of that deed. The defendant, by his special plea, alleged that it…
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